Derivatives
On any given day, the derivatives market is a busy place. You won’t catch us trying to cover it all. Instead, we’re looking for themes, trends and structural changes that affect the market’s buy-side participants.
Right now, our favourite topics include: Libor reform, structured investments and risk transfer, the search for yield, and new ways of accessing liquidity.
Aberdeen head of structured solutions departs
De Roeck considering Libor discontinuation consultancy launch
CFTC urged to cement relief from a non-cleared margin rule
Industry seeks permanent right to specify two minimum transfer amounts: for initial and variation margin
Signing the Libor fallback protocol: a cautionary tale
As Orwell’s Room 101 beckons for Libor publication, muRisQ Advisory’s Marc Henrard warns of a potential pitfall in the fallback protocol
Asian investors primed to buy more CLOs, experts say
Liquidity and diversification are drivers for demand, after US loan market’s recovery from blip
Judgement day looms for dealers in swap shift to Sonia
Regulator pushes Q1 deadline for users to adopt risk-free rate as norm for interdealer trades
SEC derivatives rule may lead to new products
Proposed VAR limit is expected to benefit risk parity and defined outcome strategies
First Ibor versus SOFR cross-currency swap trades
Westpac and Citi strike BBSW/SOFR trade in landmark moment for Australian market
Volatility becalmed, trade in forex options plummets
With central banks in tandem on policy, market churn has lessened considerably, and trading as well
BMR rift fuels zombie Libor uncertainty
False rate could limp on for months under EU’s benchmark regulation
Stay ahead of the fixing lag
The price of fund-linked derivatives depends on the fixing lag of the underlying funds
Ice swap rate adds RFQ data; adopts Sonia
Industry backs overhaul of term swap rate to curb non-publication and hasten Libor switch
All clear? Structural shifts add to repo madness
Many things contributed to 10% repo, among them a FICC programme and a surge in overnight funding
LCH won’t back single fix for swaptions switch
Clearing house pledges to “support” multiple solutions to discounting problem
CFTC set to eliminate post-trade name give-up
Practice has been a mainstay of Sef trading but chairman Tarbert wants it gone
Frandt or foe? FCMs hit back at Esma buy-side clearing salvo
Esma pushes dealers to publish standardised fee schedules amid clearing capacity fears
Lloyds wins consent to flip £1bn covered bond to Sonia
The conversion, backed by 99.84% of bondholders, marks another milestone in the Libor transition
Deal misfires expose risk of contingent hedging
Banks hike premiums on deal contingent swaps amid Brexit uncertainty
Synthetic Libor mooted as ‘tough legacy’ fix
Recalibration of doomed rate or catch-all legislation under debate as lifeline for lingering contracts
Buy side seeks non-cleared margin relief for SMAs
Sifma AMG calls for $50 million IM exchange threshold to be set annually
Volume-starved SOFR leaves quant hankering for data
At T. Rowe Price, a top quant is tired of SOFR being “yanked around by the liquidity premium”
Tradeweb reveals package trading for swaps and bonds
New tool offers pricing and trading of sterling swap-bond combo
CFTC refuses to budge on margin treatment of SMAs
Asset managers must agree new protocols for dealing with margin shortfalls in SMAs by September 2020
Clearstream, Euroclear eye buy-side bonanza as IM rules loom
Depositories offer access to automated margining in different ways, but each faces challenges